The Year of the Sex Olympics

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The Year of the Sex Olympics is a 1968 British television play written by Nigel Kneale that satirically depicts a future society pacified by voyeuristic reality entertainment.

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The Year of the Sex Olympics canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television programme ⓘ
satirical drama ⓘ
television play ⓘ
basedInPartOn contemporary concerns about mass media ⓘ
broadcastFormat colour ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts voyeuristic reality entertainment ⓘ
director Michael Elliott ⓘ
firstBroadcastOn BBC2 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasAuthor Nigel Kneale ⓘ
hasSubject future dystopia ⓘ
manipulation of audiences ⓘ
television as social control ⓘ
influenced early reality television concepts ⓘ
isSatireOf consumer society ⓘ
television culture ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
network BBC2 ⓘ
notableFor early depiction of reality TV-style programming ⓘ
originalBroadcastDate 1968-07-29 ⓘ
originalChannel BBC2 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1968 ⓘ
originatedAs television script ⓘ
partOfSeries BBC Theatre 625 ⓘ
producer Tony Garnett ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
releaseDecade 1960s ⓘ
runtime approximately 90 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Nigel Kneale ⓘ
setting future society ⓘ
starred Brian Cox ⓘ
Leonard Rossiter ⓘ
Suzanne Neve ⓘ
Tony Vogel ⓘ
theme mass media ⓘ
pacification through entertainment ⓘ
reality television ⓘ
social control ⓘ
voyeurism ⓘ
writer Nigel Kneale ⓘ
writtenIn 1960s ⓘ

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Vanessa Redgrave → notableWork → The Year of the Sex Olympics ⓘ
Nigel Kneale → notableWork → The Year of the Sex Olympics ⓘ